Example sentences of "it [be] [adv] [adj] assume " in BNC.
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| 31 | In the case where an E is extended by qualification in order to provide a more suitable identification to an audience , as in ( 14 ) , it is entirely natural to assume that a P which does the qualifying — typically an attributive adjective , in traditional terms — will apply to or be valid for the entity identified by the whole pattern [ P E ] . |
| 32 | It is too easy to assume that older patients can not inject their own insulin and thus need to involve relatives or the district nurse . |
| 33 | So it is fairly safe to assume that assistance from Western sources , official and private , will flow to the East in a crusade against the poverty and pollution caused by seventy years of ideological perversity . |
| 34 | In fact , it is fairly safe to assume that all proper names started their denotative careers as descriptions of one sort or another , although in many cases the link with the original descriptive content subsequently became severed or obscured . |
| 35 | Despite the tables being somewhat dated , it is fairly safe to assume that in the case of Scotch Whisky production , the coefficients will not have changed significantly in the interim period . |
| 36 | For this purpose it is now common to assume an inflation rate of 5% . |
| 37 | That the arbitrageur can lend money at the riskless rate of interest appears sensible , but it is more questionable to assume that he or she can borrow at the riskless rate ( although if the marginal arbitrageur is a large financial institution , the assumption may be reasonable ) . |
| 38 | As a basis for this calculation it is perhaps appropriate to assume that a single sprinkler system should be capable of dealing with three fires simultaneously involving the operation of all sprinkler heads in any vertically-related sections in which they might occur . |
| 39 | It is perhaps tempting to assume , after the Government 's recent ban on ivory imports , that the UK can claim to be a shining example of those striving to control the trade in wild animals and plants and their products . |
| 40 | She knew from her first meeting with him that he could n't always understand written languages the way he could speech , but if he visited Earth so often it was probably reasonable to assume that he would know languages other than English . |